Smart sous vide cooker to start charging $2/month for 10-year-old companion app
Smart sous vide cooker to start charging $2/month for 10-year-old companion app
“You’ve just lost a LONGTIME and very faithful customer."
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Don't buy "smart" cloud-connected appliances, ever. Even if they don't start trying to charge for shit like this, eventually the service will go offline breaking the product. (should we call this forced obselescence, somewhat different from planned obsolescence?)
We need more buyer demand for "dumb" appliances. Vote with your wallet.
I've still got my old Anova, Bluetooth one. I don't even use the app ever, I can set it up with the wheel and buttons. Still works great after like 5+ years. That said, I won't be recommending them to anyone going forward.
I am all for smart appliances, as long as they are local and work with things like home assistant
But see, then the manufacturer can't charge you a monthly rent to use the product you already bought.
Absolutely it's great if local connectivity is an option, there just isn't really an incentive for manufacturers to prioritize that.
On top of that they spy on you and sell your data
I like it. I'm going to start calling it that now. Why are we tiptoing around their corporate feelings? They forcing these things to become obsolete in contravention of what is best for the consumer.
Or make sure you can hook it to something like home assistant without reliance on cloud…
Agreed! This is just the beginning, I'm convinced this was the plan all along for most smart devices. I will make an exception for products that can be conveniently operated when an account/app is optional at least.